Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson sent an fiery letter filled with expletives to the California Alliance for Retired Americans for a flyer the group sent out slamming the Bowles-Simpson commission report for proposed cuts to Social Security as one way to deal with the long-term deficit.

"Your little flyer entitled "Bowles! Simpson! Stop using the deficit as a phony excuse to gut our Social Security!" is one of the phoniest excuses for a "flyer" I have ever seen," said Simpson in a letter obtained by Politico.

The flyer from the group argues that Social Security is in no risk of going bankrupt.

"Even the most pessimistic forecasts say Social Security's $2.5 Trillion surplus will fund 100% current benefits until 2037, and 78% current benefits forever, even if nothing is done," it read.

If they handled this right from the beginning. If they,our politicians,hadn’t decided to put people into the program that immigrate here and never put in. If we didn’t decide to provide hospitalization for anyone here legally or not,this could have worked.

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posted on 05/27/2012 5:26:51 AM PDT
by wiggen
(The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)

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